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It appears this photo depicts the F/A-18A Hornet in which Hank Kleemann lost his life at Miramar NAS on December 3, 1985. Kleemann is best known as the pilot of an F-14 Tomcat with Radar Intercept Officer (and later Vice Admiral) Lt. David "D.J." Venlet which shot down a Libyan Sukhoi Su-22 during the "Gulf of Sidra Incident" on August 19, 1981. See: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_of_Sidra_incident_(1981) As for the accident which took his life, Kleemann was coming in for a landing in an (then new to the fleet) F/A-18 Hornet at Miramar when his aircraft reportedly hydroplaned on the wet runway and flipped over. See: articles.latimes.com/1985-12-04/local/me-470_1_landing-gear Navy Pilot Dies After Jet Flips at Miramar by H.G. Reza Los Angeles Times December 04, 1985

Northrop was told that there would be no sales of front line US fighter aircraft to third world nations. Based on that assurance from the government, they invested in developing a cheap, high performance, fighter for export. After the company was heavily invested in the F-20 Tigershark, the Carter administration pulled the rug out from under them by releasing the F-16 for overseas sales.

This a/c is Northrop F-5G / F-20A Tigershark 82-0062 (N4416T) which was later lost w/ Darrel Cornell during a demo @ Suwon AB, S. Korea on 10 October 1984 -- probably due to G-LOC while doing a demo. A second F-20 82-0063 (N3986B) also crashed during a demo at Goose Bay on 14 May 85 killing David Barnes. The last F-20 completed 82-0064 (N44671) survives at the California Science Center in Los Angeles, and 82-0065 was cnx'd before it was completed. An inauspicious end to a very promising design.